 Although killing an undercover cop themes Dre's debut solo single "Deep Cover," already out since April 4 via Dick Griffey's SOLAR Records, a soul label in Los Angeles—through Epic Records distribution under its owner Sony Music—national outrage arose in June instead at a March release from a side project of L.A.'s original gangsta rapper, Ice-T.Heavy metal, a track on his rock band Body Count's eponymous album, "Cop Killer" was condemned by US Vice President Dan Quayle, President George H. W. Bush, the NRA, and a Texas police union, which urged a Time Warner boycott.About 1 000 stores withdrew the album.